Obs. [ad. L. commistiōn-em (so F. commistion 15th c.), n. of action f. commiscēre to COMMIX.] = COMMIXTION, COMMIXTURE.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., V. xlviii. (1495), 166. Commistion of the mater.

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1545.  Raynold, Byrth Mankynde, 79. Commistion of the cholericke humour and the bloude together.

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1609.  Bible (Douay), Num. xix. 13. Sprinkled with this commistion.

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1658.  J. Rowland, Moufet’s Theat. Ins., 999. Generated by the commistion of male and female.

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1667.  Boyle, Orig. Formes & Qual. From the bare commistion of the Corpuscles.

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